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10 Important Facts about Tap Water

Although more than 60,000 chemicals are used within
the United States, only 91 contaminants are regulated
by the EPA’s Safe Drinking Water Act (1974).b

Both government and independent scientists have linked
even low levels of hundreds of legal contaminants in
tap water to cancer, reproductive difficulties, and other
diseases.b

Since 2004, more than 62 million Americans have been
exposed to tap water that did not meet government health
guidelines created to protect people from cancer and
other diseases. Some people have been unknowingly exposed
for years.b

Scientists have noted that the Safe Drinking Water Act
(1974) is so out of date that drinking water in America
poses serious health risks.c

Some common chemicals in tap water such as chromium,
arsenic, and disinfectant byproducts can accumulate in
body tissue and affect the developmental and hormonal
systems in ways scientists do not yet fully understand.e

Pharmaceuticals such as antibiotics, sex hormones, anti-depressants,
and seizure pills have been found in the tap water of
at least 41 million Americans. Water treatment centers
are not currently required to test for pharmaceuticals.
Researchers are unsure if the cumulative levels are hazardous.d

Because pollution and chemicals in tap water often have
no scent or taste, many people who drink dangerous contaminants
do not even realize they are doing so.b

Contaminants in tap water, such as lead and perchlorate,
can increase the risk of learning disorders in small
children.a,c

Widespread city infrastructures are decaying at a rapid
rate, greatly increasing the types of dangerous pollutants
in tap water.e

Every year, 18 billion pounds of new pollutants and
chemicals are released into the atmosphere, soil, and
groundwater.e